Caesar: The Man, the Myth, the Play
  • Lived 100-44 BCE

  • Expanded Roman Republic

  • Part of the first triumvarate with Pompey and Crassus

  • Kills Pompey

  • Considered one of the greatest military minds in history

  • Popular with lower classes

  • Unpopular with the Senate

  • Married to Calphurnia
  • Had an affair with Cleopatra

    • They had a son

  • Assassinated on March 15th, 44 BCE

  • Became a martyr

  • Given the title "The Divine Julius" two years after he died